Pain-driven emergency department visits and food insecurity: a cross-sectional study linking Canadian survey and health administrative data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the leading cause of emergency department visits in Canada, pain disproportionately affects socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. We examine the association between household food insecurity and individuals' pain-driven emergency department visits.

Methods

We designed a cross-sectional study linking the Canadian Community Health Survey 2005-2017 to the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System 2003-2017. Food insecurity was measured using a validated questionnaire. We excluded individuals with missing food insecurity status, individuals younger than 12 years and jurisdiction-years with partial emergency department records. We assessed emergency department visits driven by pain at different sites (migraine, other headaches, chest-throat pain, abdomen-pelv

SUBMITTER: Men F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8758177 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature